"People are ready to donate, but we have to improve the facilities. We have to strengthen infrastructure and increase the capacity to see that organ retrieval and transplantation are happening in right direction. There is a huge gap in demand and supply of human organs for transplantation."

"Today if there is a requirement of two lakh kidneys, we are able to provide only 6000-7000 donations. Again, if the requirement of liver is 30,000 we are able to do only 1500. Similarly, there is close to 50,000 people who need heart transplant but we are able to cater to only 100 people," Nadda said on the occasion of 7th Indian Organ Donation Day.

Sh @JPNadda on #organdonationion: protocols need to be build for linking retrieval and transplantation, on which Govt is presently working

While stressing on creating awareness among people, Nadda said that trauma centre units and ICU facilities are potential retrieval centres and they should be linked with hospitals having transplantation facility.

"Here NGOs, coordinators and counsellors can play a vital role. We need counsellors and coordinators at trauma care units and ICUs at the right time for giving the right suggestion to save a life," he said.

Referring to the Prime Minister's pitch for organ donation in his 'Mann Ki Baat', Nadda said that within a short span of one year, organ donation has turned into a mass movement.

"Even during this organ donation week, several programmes were organised that witnessed participation in large numbers. It shows people are ready to be a part of this movement. The number of registered donors was 10,000 in March, it is now over than one lakh and it is our target to take it over 20 lakhs by 2017," he said.

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